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BC Securities Commission Releases its National Investment Fraud Vulnerability Report
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire -03/01/12)- A national study of close to 2,500 older Canadians (50+), released for Fraud Awareness Month, found that almost 1-in-5 are vulnerable to a highly risky investment offer. More than 2-in-5 don’t understand the fundamental relationship between risk and return, and only 1-in-4 have a realistic expectation…
Report: Strong IT communication = Larger IT budgets
Body: Are you tongue-tied when it comes to communicating the impact that IT is having on positive business results or negative business risks? You are not alone if you said yes. Recently published research conducted by the IT Policy Compliance Group reveals that nearly half of organizations (47 percent) effectively…
Symantec Report Finds New Wave of Cyber-Attacks Impersonating Business Mediation and Arbitration Service and Volume of …
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–(Marketwire -02/29/12)- Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC – News) today announced the findings of its February Symantec Intelligence Report, which shows a new wave of cyber-attacks designed to impersonate a well-known business mediation and arbitration service in North America. Businesses are being targeted with emails purporting to originate from…
Malware breached 75M mark in 2011 —McAfee report
More than 75 million samples of malware were recorded in 2011, with those targeting mobile devices on the rise, according to security vendor McAfee. McAfee Labs senior vice-president Vincent Weafer said threats highly evolved in 2011, according to a report on PC World. “Increasingly, we’ve seen that no organization, platform…
Report: Android malware up 3,325% in 2011
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology — whether that be by learning to program, building a PC from a pile of parts, or helping them get the most from their new MP3 player or…
Identity Fraud Rose 13 Percent in 2011 According to New Javelin Strategy & Research Report
The 2012 Identity Fraud Report: Social Media and Mobile Forming the New Fraud Frontier, released today by Javelin Strategy & Research , reports that in 2011 identity fraud increased by 13 percent. View full post on credit report fraud – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber…
RSA crypto researcher defends report
Cryptography researcher Arjen Lenstra has this week responded to criticism of a paper he co-authored that claimed to uncover weaknesses within the implementation of the RSA encryption system. RSA, a division of IT giant EMC, says that there’s nothing wrong with the RSA algorithm, it’s an implementation issue mainly with…
Nuclear plant safety report on USB stick lost by official
A USB stick containing a confidential safety report on a UK nuclear power station has been lost in India, UK ministers have been told by a red-faced Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR). The report on Hartlepool nuclear power station was reportedly downloaded in unencrypted form on to the drive before…
Android Malware Grew 3,000 Percent in 2011: Report
Malware that specifically targeted mobile operating systems increased in 2011 as smartphones became more popular with enterprise users, as well as consumers. These cyber-criminals also developed affection for the Google Android OS, which saw the biggest jump in malware during the past 12 months, according to a new report from…